Cañas (canton)
Cañas is a canton in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.[2][3] The head city is in Cañas district.
Cañas | |
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 Flag  Seal | |
Cañas canton | |
  Cañas Cañas canton location in Costa Rica | |
| Coordinates: 10.4457066°N 85.0991768°W | |
| Country |  Costa Rica |
| Province | Guanacaste |
| Creation | 12 July 1878[1] |
| Head city | Cañas |
| Districts | Districts |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Municipalidad de Cañas |
| Area | |
| • Total | 682.2 km2 (263.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 86 m (282 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 26,201 |
| • Density | 38/km2 (99/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 |
| Canton code | 506 |
| Website | www |
History
Cañas was created on 12 July 1878 by decree 22.[1]
Geography
Cañas has an area of 682.2 km²[4] and a mean elevation of 86 metres.[2] The elongated canton touches the Tempisque River in the southwest. It keeps the Bebedero River and Tenorio River on its western boundary as it widens to encompass agricultural lowlands before climbing into the Cordillera de Guanacaste up to the Tenorio Volcano.
Districts
The canton of Cañas is subdivided into the following districts:
Demographics
| Historical population | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1883 | 595 | — | |
| 1892 | 2,165 | 263.9% | |
| 1927 | 3,500 | 61.7% | |
| 1950 | 5,929 | 69.4% | |
| 1963 | 9,117 | 53.8% | |
| 1973 | 12,779 | 40.2% | |
| 1984 | 17,284 | 35.3% | |
| 2000 | 24,076 | 39.3% | |
| 2011 | 26,201 | 8.8% | |
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[5] |
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For the 2011 census, Cañas had a population of 26,201 inhabitants. [7]
Transportation
Road transportation
The canton is covered by the following road routes:
References
- Hernández, Hermógenes (1985). Costa Rica: evolución territorial y principales censos de población 1502 - 1984 (in Spanish) (1 ed.). San José: Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia. pp. 164–173. ISBN 9977-64-243-5. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- "Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República N°41548-MGP". Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica (in Spanish). 19 March 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- División Territorial Administrativa de la República de Costa Rica (PDF) (in Spanish). Editorial Digital de la Imprenta Nacional. 8 March 2017. ISBN 978-9977-58-477-5.
- "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
- "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (in Spanish).
- "Censo. 2011. Población total por zona y sexo, según provincia, cantón y distrito". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.